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Since 1978, the Center for Archaeoastronomy has produced a peer-reviewed science journal called ARCHAEOASTRONOMY. That journal is now called ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture (ISSN 0190-9940) and is published by the University of Texas Press for The Center for Archaeoastronomy in cooperation with ISAAC, the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture.

This journal is a unique medium of exchange for archaeoastronomy professionals and amateurs alike, providing articles by scholars around the globe, conference reports, and book and film reviews. Please view the contents listing to see the variety and quality of published material.

EDITORS
    John B. Carlson
    Juan Antonio Belmonte
    Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
    Stephen C. McCluskey
Managing Editor: Juan Antonio Belmonte

Web Site Manager: Tania Burchell

Board of Advisory Editors

Anthony F. Aveni
Richard Bradley
Johanna Broda
Michael Crowe
David S. P. Dearborn
Ben R. Finney
Michael A. Hoskin
David A. King
Edwin C. Krupp
Clive L. N. Ruggles Barbara Tedlock
Brian Warner
Xi Zezong

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Subscriptions and Recent Volumes

Beginning with Volume XIV, the Journal changed its name to ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture and is published and distributed by the University of Texas Press. Volume XIV and all subsequent volumes of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY are published in two parts: Part 1 as a Spring/Summer issue and Part 2 as a Fall/Winter issue. Each volume is available for purchase and a few back volumes as well (Vol. II, Vol III, Vol IV, Vol V, Vol VII, Vol VIII, Vol X, Vols XIV and up). Please check current pricing on the UT Press pricing website.


Back Issues Available from The University of Texas Press


Volumes I - XI

Eleven volumes of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY have been published by the Center for Archaeoastronomy. Volumes I - V were produced as a quarterly; Volumes VI through XI are annual volumes averaging 200 pages in length. All Back Volumes of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY are available for purchase from The University of Texas Press. Issues XII and XIII were published as Songs from the Sky: Indigenous Astronomical and Cosmological Traditions of the World.

Volumes XII and XIII are now available as a two-volume publication under the title, Songs from the Sky: Indigenous Astronomical and Cosmological Traditions of the World. All subscribers who were paid up to this volume of the Journal should have received this new book in the post.


Contents of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY Past Issues

The following is a complete list of the ARCHAEOASTRONOMY journals to date. Choose an issue from the list below to see a description of its contents:

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5 | Volume 6 | Volume 7 | Volume 8 | Volume 9 | Volume 10 | Volume 11 | Volume 14 | Volume 15 | Volume 16 | Volume 17 | Volume 18 | Volume 19 | Volume 20 | Volume 21 | Volume 22 | Volume 23 | Volume 24


Volume I

  • Number 1, November 1977

      Introduction by John Carlson and Ray Williamson

      The Ancients and the Stars: Lecture Series

      Archaeoastronomy in the Americas: Call for Papers

      Contemporary Alignments: Modern Archaeoastronomy Monuments

  • Number 2, February 1978

      Introduction by John Carlson and Ray Williamson

      Santa Fe Conference Postponed

      Bibliography Available: Selected bibliography on Native American Astronomy available from Colgate University

      In the Field: Locating astronomically related rock art in the southwest

      Archaeoastronomy and the Press: A list of articles about Archaeoastronomy

      We've Come a Long Way: December 1977 meeting of the American Anthropological Association

      Sir Norman Lockyer Symposium: Details of the symposium

      In the Current Literature: Archaeoastronomy research papers

      Notes and Announcements

      Research articles:

        Pueblo Bonito and the Sun

        Ancient Pueblo Astronomy: Changes in Equinox Alignments over Time

  • Number 3, May 1978

      Introduction by John Carlson and Ray Williamson

      Santa Fe Conference 1979

      Notes and Announcements

      In the Current Literature

      Book Review:

        A Selected Bibliography on Native American Astronomy by Beth Collins and Anthony Aveni

      Sir Norman Lockyer Symposium: Abstracts from the symposium

  • Number 4, August 1978

      Introduction by John Carlson and Ray Williamson: Formation of the Center for Archaeoastronomy

      Archaeoastronomy Session in Mexico City Jan 7-10 1979

      New Faces at the Center

      New Program at the Smithsonian

      Sky-Lore Planetarium Project

      Santa Fe Conference June 1979

      Center Colloquium Series at Maryland

      In the Current Literature

      Book Reviews:

        In Search of Ancient Astronomers by E. C. Krupp
        The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy by Robert E. Newton
        Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey by William K. Hartmann
        Crystals in the Sky: An intellectual Odyssey involving Chumash astronomy, cosmology, and rock art by Travis Hudson and Ernest Underhay

      "The People": Hansen Planetarium presentation on Native American experiences of the Universe

      Investigating Navajo Starlore

      A Note on Sixteenth Century Nahua and Yucatec Terms for Stars

      Cuzco "Earthwatch" Project


Volume II

  • Number 1, November 1978

      Introduction by John Carlson and Ray Williamson

      Santa Fe Conference June 1979

      Massive Relief Carving of Aztec Moon Goddess Unearthed in Mexico City In the Current Literature

      Archaeoastronomy Session in Mexico City: Accepted Abstracts

      Book Reviews:

        The Most Mysterious Manuscript: The Voynich "Roger Bacon" Cipher Manuscript by Robert S. Brumbaugh
        The Historical Supernovae by David H. Clark and F. Richard Stephenson

      On a Pedagogical Motivation for Ptolemy's Fabrication of Data

      Possible Heliolithic Sites in Vermont

      Christmas Star Questions

  • Number 2, Spring 1979

      EDITORIAL

      ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN THE AMERICAS: SANTA FE 1979

      NEW ARCHAEOASTRONOMY SUPPLEMENT SERIES

      EARTHWATCH UPDATE

      MEGALITHS TO MEDICINE WHEELS: CALGARY 1978 Conference Review by Michael Wilson

      ZODIAC RIDGE: A POSSIBLE PRE-HISPANIC NATIVE AMERICAN OBSERVATORY by Nev. E. Autry and Wanda R. Autry

      IN SEARCH OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: DISCUSSIONS AT THE AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING IN MEXICO CITY, JANUARY 1979 ARCHAEOASTRONOMY -- THE SCOPE AND IMPLICATIONS TN INTERACTION WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES by John B. Carlson

      ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY by Sharon L. Gibbs

      SOME OBSERVATIONS ON ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOASTRONOMY by Jonathan E. Reyman

      SEMINAR SUMMARY by Jane Young

      THE TENDENCY IN ORBITAL EVOLUTION OF HALLEY'S COMET AND ITS ANCIENT HISTORY by Y. C. Chang

      RESEARCH AT CASA GRANDE by Renee G. Opperman

      DICTIONARIES AS SOURCES OF ETHNO-ASTRONOMICAL DATA by Berthold Riese

      IN THE CURRENT LITERATURE by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        ANCIENT VERMONT -- ed. Warren L. Cook Reviewed by Anthony F. Aveni
        SCIENCE AND SOCIETY IN PREHISTORIC BRITAIN -- Euan W. MacKie Reviewed by Sharon L. Gibbs
        NATURAL SOLAR ARCHITECTURE: A PASSIVE PRIMER -- David Wright Reviewed by Robert E. Stencel

  • Number 3, Summer 1979

      EDITORIAL

      NOTICES

      MEDICINE WHEEL REPORT

      ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN THE AMERICAS: THE SANTA FE CONFERENCE, 10-13 JUNE 1979 CONFERENCE REVIEW by Ray A. Williamson

      SUMMARY OF THE SUNDAY SEMINAR ON THE ROLE OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY by Jane Young

      PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SANTA FE CONFERENCE

      THE CHIAPAS MAYA WEAVERS' VISION OF THE COSMOS by Walter F. Morris, Jr.

      FIELD REPORT: HOVENWEEP NATIONAL MONUMENT by Ray A. Williamson

      RESEARCH AT CASA GRANDE by Renee G. Opperman

      IN THE CURRENT LITERATURE by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        STONEHENGE--THE INDO-EUROPEAN HERITAGE -- Leon E. Stover and Bruce Kraig Reviewed by Gerald S. Hawkins
        STONE CIRCLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES -- Aubrey Burl Reviewed by Sharon L. Gibbs
        THE PHAISTOS DISC -- Leon Pomerance Reviewed by David H. Kelley
        PACING THE VOID. T'ANG APPROACHES TO THE STARS -- Edward H. Schafer Reviewed by Nathan Sivin
        CODE OF THE QUIPU DATABOOK -- Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher Reviewed by John B. Carlson
        HANDBOOK OF UNUSUAL NATURAL PHENOMENA -- William R. Corliss Reviewed by Robert E. Stencel

  • Number 4, Fall 1979

      EDITORIAL

      NOTICES

      ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE ROOTS OF SCIENCE AAAS Symposium Abstracts

      A PLANETARY VISIT TO HADES by H. Clyde Hostetter

      THE ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION OF STELA I AT COPAN by Annegrete Vogrin

      ORIENTATION OF BALL-COURTS IN MESOAMERICA by Eric Taladoire

      SOME NOTES ON THE CAHOKIA SUN CIRCLE by Brian Eric McCandless

      POSSIBLE ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATIONS AT AN ANCIENT EAST-EUROPEAN "SANCTUARY" by Robert M. Sadowski

      RESEARCH NOTE: QUECHUA STAR NAMES by William F. Sullivan

      IN THE CURRENT LITERATURE by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        PREHISTORIC AVEBURY -- Aubrey Burl Reviewed by Gerald S. Hawkins
        MEGALITHIC REMAINS IN BRITAIN AND BRITTANY -- A. Thom and A. S. Thom Reviewed by Gerald S. Hawkins
        ASTRONOMY OF THE ANCIENTS -- Kenneth Brecher and Michael Feirtag Reviewed by Step,ien C. McCluskcy
        PATHWAYS TO THE GGDS: THE MYSTERY OF THE ANDES LINES -- Tony Morrison Reviewed by Gary Urton
        GEHEIMNIS DER Vi6STE MYSTERY ON THE DESERT SECRETO DE LA PAMPA -- Maria Reiche Reviewed by William H. Isbell
        PERUANISCHE ERDZEICHEN PERUVIAN GROUND DRAWINGS -- Hermann Kern and Maria Reiche Reviewed by William H. Isbell
        FINAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT FOR THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXPEDITION: ANCIENT LINES -- Gerald S. Hawkins Reviewed by William H. Isbell


Volume III

  • Number 1, Winter 1980

      EDITORIAL

      NOTICES

      NEW HISTORICAL ASTRONOMY DIVISION of the American Astronomical Society

      FORUM: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

      THE NEED FOR OBJECTIVITY by Gerald S. Hawkins

      CAHOKIA WOODHENGE UPDATE by Warren L. Wittry

      GEOMETRY OF THE SITE NEAR KIELCE, POLAND by Lyle B. Borst

      CALIFORNIA SUN-WATCHING SITE by Arlene Benson

      MESCALERO APACHES AND ETHNOASTRONOMY by Claire R. Farrer

      PECKED-CROSS-LIKE PETROGLYPHS IN NEW MEXICO by Michael Zeilik

      AMAHUACA OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY by Joseph H. Woodside

      PROGRESS REPORT ON THE CALENDAR I AREA TN CENTRAL VERMONT by Byron E. Dix, James W. Mavor, Jr. and June W. Potts

      BASQUE STONE CIRCLES AND GEOMETRY by Roslyn M. Frank

      TN THE CURRENT LITERATURE by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        MEGALITHS, MYTHS AND MEN and MEGALITHS AND MASTER MINDS -- Peter Lancaster Brown Reviewed by Evan Hadingham
        FACETS OF TAOISM: ESSAYS IN CHINESE RELIGION -- Holmes Welch and Anna Seidel, eds. Reviewed by Edward H. Schafer
        SUNLIGHT CONVERGENCE, SOLAR BURN -- Charles Ross Reviewed by Anna Sofaer

  • Number 2, April-June 1980

      EDITORIAL

      ABOUT THE COVER:- ALE'S STONES

      NOTICES

      CONFERENCE REVIEWS: MEGALITHIC ASTRONOMY AND SOCIETY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, 1980 by Gordon Moir

      "INDIGENOUS AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: THE SYMBOLISM OF CIRCULAR STRUCTURES" -- SAH Session Reviewed by Cecelia F. Klein

      FORUM: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

      PATHWAYS TO THE GODS by Tony Morrison

      KRUPP ON HAWKINS ON THOM by E.C. Krupp

      ANCIENT SOLAR OBSERVATORY IN ASUKA, JAPAN by Kunitomo Sakurai

      THE BURMESE ERA AND ANCIENT ASTRONOMY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA by Thomas E. Morgan

      THE ASTRONOMICAL DATA IN FERNANDO MONTESINOS' PERUVIAN CHRONICLE: THE COMETS OF QHAPAQ YUPANKI by Mariusz S. Ziolkowski & Robert M. Sadowski

      THE BIG HORN MEDICINE WHEEL AS A SITE FOR THE VISION QUEST by Victor H. Mansfield

      A 56-YEAR ECLIPSE PREDICTION SYSTEM by H. Clyde Hostetter

      IN THE CURRENT LITERATURE by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        CANON OF LUNAR ECLIPSES -2002 To +2526 -- Jean Meeus & Hermann Mucke, and BRIGHT COMETS -86 TO +1950 -- Hermann Mucke Reviewed by Owen Gingerich
        BURNHAM'S CELESTIAL HANDBOOK -- Robert Burnham, Jr. Reviewed by Von Del Chamberlain
        LA PIRAMIDE DE KUKULCAN -- Luis E. Arochi Reviewed by Tomas E. Gergely

  • Number 3, July-August-September 1980

      Editorial

      Notices

      1980 AFS ANNUAL MEETING: Session on "Ethnoastronomy" by M. Jane Young 3

      ARCHAEOASTRONOMY SEMINAR at the Smithsonian by Katherine H. Harper 5

      BRIEF SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN PERU by A. Aveni and R.T. Zuidema

      WHOSE CALENDAR IS OLDER? An article from the Soviet newspaper Nedelya, translated by Thomas E. Morgan

      CARNAC REVISITED by Evan Hadingham

      Letters to the Editor

      THE PRISCILLA CATACOMB PAINTING: A Hidden Star Map Revealed by Carolyn Murphy Beehler

      ON BURMESE CALENDRICS AND ASTRONOMY by Joe D. Stewart

      THE DIFFUSION OF ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE IN GREATER MESOAMERICA by William J. Folan and Antonio Ruiz Perez

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM: An Astronomer's Confirmation -- David Hughes Reviewed by Virginia Trimble
        AMERICA B.C. Barry Fell
        SAGA AMERICA Barry Fell
        THE SEARCH FOR LOST AMERICA by Salvatore Michael Trento Reviewed by A. F. Aveni
        ON STONEHENGE -- Fred Hoyle Reviewed by John Edwin Wood
        POSITIONAL ASTRONOMY, AN ASTRO-NAVIGATION MADE EASY -- H.R., Mills PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY WITH YOUR CALCULATOR -- Peter Duffet-Smith MATHEMATICAL ASTRONOMY, WITH A POCKET CALCULATOR -- Aubrey Jones Reviewed by D.S.P. Dearborn

      In The Current Literature

  • Number 4, October-November-December 1980

      Editorial

      Notices

      Table of Contents FOMALHAUT AND CAIRN D AT THE BIG HORN AND MOOSE MOUNTAIN MEDICINE WHEELS by Jack H. Robinson

      VISION QUESTS AT THE BIG HORN MEDICINE WHEEL AND ITS DATE OF CONSTRUCTION by Allan G. Fries

      ORIENTATION AND GEOMETRY OF ALE'S STONES by Curt Roslund

      ON THE ORIENTATION OF GRAVES IN PREHISTORIC CEMETERIES by Katalin Barlai

      THE CHACO CANYON SUPERNOVA PICTOGRAPH - A REORIENTATION by John E. Gaustad

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        RIDDLES OF THE STONE AGE: Rock Carvings of Ancient Europe -- Jean McMann Reviewed by Elizabeth Twohig
        BEYOND THE MILKY WAY: Hallucinatory Imagery of the Tukano Indians -- Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff Reviewed by Peter T. Furst

      NOTICES: Conference on "Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics"

      AAS Historical Astronomy Division Meeting

      SWAA Symposium: "Astronomy in Anthropology"

      Earthwatch Expedition: The Nazca Lines

      In the Current Literature


Volume IV

  • Number 1, Jan-March 1981

      Investigation into the Possible Astronomical Alignments

      of the Copper Age Temples in Malta by George Agius and Frank Ventura CTB 8O: Evidence for a Ninth Historical Supernova? by P.E. Angerhofer

      Some Important Publications on Early Chinese Astronomy from China and Japan, 1978-1980 by Nathan Sivin

      Book Reviews:

        With Stars and Waves in the Pacific: A Review Article of The Voyaging Stars: Secrets of the Pacific Island Navigators by David Lewis and Hokule'a: The Way to Tahiti by Ben R. Finney Reviewed by Thor Heyerdahl
        Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico by Anthony Aveni Reviewed by Michael D. Coe
        European Prehistory by Sarunas Milisauskas Reviewed by Aubrey Burl

      Editorial

      Historical Astronomy Division News

      Notes and Notices

      Forum

      In the Current Literature

  • Number 2, April-June 1981

      The Earthwatch/University of Arizona

      Field Expedition to Machu Picchu by Raymond E. White

      The New York Academy of Sciences Conference: Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics Summarized by Owen Gingerich

      The Discovery of a New Stone at Stonehenge by Michael W. Pitts

      The Solar Observatory at Xochicalco and the Maya Farmer's Almanac by Neal S. Anderson

      The Las Bocas Pectoral and the Venus Count by Arthur Schlak

      Book Reviews:

        Moving in the Wrong Circles: A Review Article of Stone Circles of the Peak by John Barnatt and Needles of Stone by Tom Graves and Monumenta Britannica by John Aubrey Reviewed by Aubrey Burl
        The Enigma of Stonehenge by John Fowles and Barry Brukoff Reviewed by Aubrey Burl
        Megalithic Remains in Britain and Brittany by A. and A.S. Thom Reviewed by Ronald Hicks
        Prehistoric Heritage by Felix R. Paturi Reviewed by Evan Hadingham

      Editorial

      Forum

      In the Current Literature

  • Number 3, July-Sept 1981

      Archaeoastronomy Symposium at Oxford

      Astronomical Alignments at the Fort Smith Medicine Wheel by Jack H. Robinson

      A Note on Eastern U.S. Site Orientations by Terry Stocker

      Solstitial Alignments of the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque by Neal S. Anderson and Moises Morales

      A Solar Alignment of the Palace Tower at Palenque by Neal S. Anderson, Moises Morales and Alfonso Morales

      Book Reviews:

        Astrology Revisited - Review of Recent Books by T. Scott Smith
        State and Cosmos in the Art of Tenochtitlan Reviewed by Emily Umberger
        Third Palenque Round Table, 1978 Reviewed by Mary Ellen Miller

      Editorial

      Archaeoastronomy in the Americas Conference Volume

      Historical Astronomy Division News

      Forum

      In the Current Literature

  • Number 4, Oct-Dec 1981

      The Structure of Aztec History by Emily Umberger

      Holes in the Argument by Aubrey Burl

      Passage Stellified: Speculation upon Archaeoastronomy in Southeastern Zaire by Allen F. Roberts

      Venus Dates Revisited by Michael P. Closs

      Book Reviews:

    The First Stargazers Reviewed by Ray A. Williamson
    The Big Missouri Winter Count Reviewed by Von Del Chamberlain
    Vermont's Stone Chambers: An Inquiry into their Past Reviewed by John R. Cole
    The Comet is Coming Reviewed by John C. Brandt

Editorial

Earthwatch Expeditions

Historical Astronomy Division News

Forum

In the Current Literature


Volume V

  • Number 1, Jan- March 1982

      The 'Binding of the Years: The Pleiades, and the Nadir Sun by E.C. Krupp

      A Deposit from Pueblo Bonito Having Possible Astronomical Significance by Jonathan E. Reyman

      "in the Beginning..." The Ussher Chronology and Other Renaissance Ideas Dating the Creation by Ronald Lane Reese, Steven M. Everett and Edwin D. Craun

      The Basque League and Terrestrial Geometry by Roslyn M. Frank

      Reviews:

        Early Sea-Craft, Transoceanic Voyagers and Stone Age Navigators, a review article of The Sea-Craft of Prehistory by Paul Johnstone

        Early Man and the Ocean by Thor Heyerdahl and Man's Conquest of the Pacific by Peter Bellwood reviewed by Ben R. Finney
        Megalithic Rings by A. and A.S. Thom and A. Burl reviewed by Clive Ruggles
        Al-Biruni Commemorative Volume Edited by H.M. Said reviewed by Dean Ahmad
        Islamic Geomancy and a Thirteenth-Century Divinatory Device by E. Savage-Smith and Marion B. Smith reviewed by David A. King

      Editorial - Archaeoastronomy in the Popular Culture

      Colgate Seminar - Mnemonic Schemes and Cognition Among Andean Peoples

      New Pecked Cross at Teotihuacan by Anthony F. Aveni

      Forum

      Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics

      In the Current Literature

  • Number 2, April-June 1982

      Libyan Desert Glass and the Prehistory of the Great Sand Sea by John W. Olsen

      The Prehistoric Basque Week of Three Days by Alessandro Bausan'l

      A Comparison between Carib, Tukano/Cubeo and Western Astronomy by Edmundo Magana

      Book Reviews:

        Stonehenge and Its Mysteries by Michael Balfour reviewed by R.C. Atkinson
        Viracocha by Arthur A. De-marest and Wiracocha y Ayar by Henrique Urbano reviewed by Elizabeth P. Benson
        Archaeoastronomy in the Americas edited by Ray A. Williamson reviewed by J. Charles Kelley
        Computational Spherical Astronomy by L.G. Taff reviewed by LeRoy E. Doggett

      Editorial-Ethnoastronomy

      ICAES Archaeoastronomy Symposium

      Star Gods of the Ancient Americas: An Exhibition

      Historical Astronomy Division News

      Conference on the History of Astronomy in Mexico

      Forum

      In the Current Literature

  • Number 3, July-September 1982

      Early Chinese Positional Astronomy: The Guoyu Astronomical Record by David W. Pankenier

      Note on the Discovery of Two New Pecked Cross Petroglyphs by A.F. Aveni and H. Hartung

      Solar Eclipse Tracks of Possible Archaeological Interest by Katherine Bracher

      Book Reviews:

        The Transformation of the Hummingbird by Eva Hunt Review by Gary H. Gossen
        Sundancing and Stargazing A Review Essay of People of the Sacred Mountain by Fattier Peter John Powell
        Lakota Belief and Ritual by James R. Walker and Sundancing at Rosebud and Pine Ridge by Thomas E. Malls Review by Vine Deloria, Jr.
        Ceremonies of the Pawnee by James R. Murie Review by Von Del Chamberlain
        African Cosmology A Review Essay of The Four Moments of the Sun by Robert Farris Thompson and Joseph Cornet
        Chiefship and Cosmology by Randall M. Packard and Spirits and Power by Hubert Butcher Review by Suzanne Preston Blier

      Editorial - Ephemeris Calculations by LeRoy E. Doggett

      Ethnoastronomy Conference: Call for Papers

      Historical Astronomy Division News

      Forum

      In the Current Literature by John B. Carlson

  • Number 4, October-December, 1982

      Joshua's "Standing Sun" at Gibeon: Biblical Archaeoastronomy? by Cary James

      Report on Fieldwork in Pacariqtambo, Peru by Gary Urton

      New Pecked Cross Designs Discovered at Teotihuacan by Stanislaw lwaniszewski

      Book Reviews:

        Megalithic Science by Douglas C. Heggie Review by A.S. Thom
        The Boyne Valley Vision by Martin Brennan Review by Ronald Hicks
        Megalithomania by John Michell Review by R.J.C. Atkinson
        Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics by A.F. Aveni and G. Urton, eds. Review by LeRoy E. Doggett

        Editorial - Ethnoastronomy by John B. Carlson

        Two Conferences for 1984

        African Cosmology, Astronomy and World View: 4 A Symposium Report by Suzanne Preston Blier

        Historical Astronomy Division News

        In the Current Literature by John B. Carlson


Volume VI

    Navajo Constellations in Literature, Art, Artifact and a New Mexico Rock Art Site by Von Del Chamberlain

    Sky Symbolism in a Navajo Rock Art Site, Chaco Canyon by Ray A. Williamson

    Wijiji at Chaco Canyon: A Winter Solstice Sunrise and Sunset Station by Michael Zeilik and Richard Elston

    The Reliability of Historical Maps of Earthworks in the Ohio Valley by Thomas H. Robertson

    A Malecite Calendar of the Pre-Contact Period by Roger B. Ray

    A Possible Aboriginal Winter Solstice Viewing Site on the Southern Oregon Coast by Roberta L. Hall and Robert D. Hall

    The Ancient Mexican Astronomical Apparatus: An Iconographical Criticism by Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and G. Aurora Perez

    A Painted Venus Glyph in the Tower at Palenque by Karl Herbert Mayer

    Chinese "Astronomical" Jade Disks: The Pi by Bradley E. Schaefer

    Invention of the Sky by Edmundo Magaiia and Fabiola Jara

    The Mallia Table: Kernos or Clock? by Charles F. Herberger

    A Computer Study of Babylonian Almanacs by N.A. Roughton

    Book reviews


Volume VII

    New Archaeoastronomical Discoveries in China by Xi Zezong

    The Mesoamerican Rabbit in the Moon: An Influence from Han China? by Charles R. Wicke

    The Tomb of Antiochus Revisited: Planetary Alignments and the Deification of the King by V. S. Tuman

    A Possible Equinoctial Sun-Sighting Station at Tsiping, New Mexico by Michael Zeilik

    Summer Solstice at Casa Rinconada: Calendar, Hierophany, or Nothing? by Michael Zeilik

    Numerical Characteristics of Three Engraved Bison Scapulae from the Texas Gulf Coast by William Breen Murray

    The Origins of Astronomy and Astrology in Mesopotamia by Robert Chadwick

    New Tools for Ancient Skies by David S. P. Dearborn and Bernard Bell

    Armenian Astronomy in the Bronze Age by Joseph G. Ouzounian

    Astronomy in Taino Mythology by SabastiAn Robiou-Lamarche

    Book reviews


Volume VIII

    Brainport Bay: A Prehistoric Calendrical Site in Argyllshire, Scotland by EW MacKie, P.E Gladwin and A.E. Roy

    Astronomical Traditions of Ancient Ireland and Britain by Ronald Hicks

    Hawks, Meteorology and Astronomy in Quiche-Maya Agriculture by Barbara Tedlock

    The Juniper Cave Summer Solstice Pictograph by Merle F. Walker

    Halley's Comet Legends Among the Great Lakes Ojibwa Indians by Thor Conway

    Dominant Traditions in Swedish Comet Lore by Bjorn Hedberg

    Touching the Sky: Conversations with Four Contemporary Artists by Janet Saad-Cook

    Book Reviews:

      Prisoner in Disguise, A Review of Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume XV, Supplement I by Charles Couiston Gillispie, Editor-in-chief Review by E.C. Krupp
      Earth and Sky, A Review of Earth and Sky: Papers from the Northridge Conference on Archaeoastronomy by Arlene Benson and Tom Hoskinson, eds. Review by Thor Conway
      Hopi Time A Review of Hopi Time: A Linguistic Analysis of the Temporal Concepts in the Hopi Language by Ekkehart Malotki Review by Stephen C. McCluskey


Volume IX

    Here Comes the Sun: The Cuzco-Machu Picchu Connection by David S.P. Dearborn and Katharina J. Schreiber

    Easter Island's "Solar Ranging Device," Ahu Huri A Urenga, and Vicinity by William Liller and Julio Duarte D.

    Celestial Happenings on Easter Island: A.D. 760-837 by William Liller

    Mescalero Apache Terminology for Venus by Claire R. Farrer

    Ethnoastronomy in Navajo Sandpaintings of the Heavens by Trudy Griffin-Pierce

    Organization of Space in the Anasazi Ceremonial Site of Yellow Jacket, 5MT-5 by J. McKim Malville and Mark Neupert

    The L-xtapaluca Archaeological Monument by Roberto Barrie

    Keeping a Seasonal Calendar at Pueblo Bonito by Michael Zeilik

    Model of Planetary Configuration In the Mahabharata: An Exercise in Archaeoastronomy by Virendra Nath Sharma

    The 88 Lunar Month Pattern of Solar and Lunar Eclipses and Its Relationship to the Maya Calendar by Robert K. Smither

    Book reviews


Volume X

    Imagines Mundi: Narrative, Ritual, and Architectural Example of Batammaliba Cosmology by Suzanne Preston Blier

    Rock Music and the Zaose Solar Deity by Allen F. Roberts

    The Traditional Tiruray Zodiac: The Celestial Calendar of a Philippine Swidden and Foraging People by Stuart A Schlegel

    Astronomical Alignments at Cajon Mesa Ruins, Hovenweep National Monument: An Update by Ray A- Williamson and Carol Ambruster

    Calendric Keystone (?) The Skidi Pawnee Chart of the Heavens: A New Interpretation by Kenneth C. Leonard, Jr.

    Venus and Temple 22 at Copan: Revisited by Ivan Sprajc

    Universal Meteor Metaphors and Their Occurrence in Mesoamerican Astronomy by Carlos Trenary

    The Influence of the Skies on Plains Indian Vision Quests and Shields by Ixchel Levendosky

    Rediscovering the Past: Application of Computers to the Astronomical Dating of Kudurru SB22 of the Louvre Museum by Vladimir S. Tun-lan and Robert Hoffman

    An Ancient Zapotec Calendrical Cosmogram by Sylvia Meluzin

    Book reviews


Volume XI

    The Calendar of the Toba-Batak of Sumatra by Johs. Winkler

    The Batak Porhalaan Traditional Calendar of Sumatra by Linda Amy Kimball

    Mescalero Apache Ethnoastronomy: Problems and Praxis by Claire R. Farrer, Gene Ammarell and Bernard Second

    Ceremonial Features of Yellow Jacket, 5MT-5 by J. McKim Malville and Kermeth R. Brownsberger

    Astronomy and the Limits of Vision by Bradley E. Schaefer

    Confluences of Astronomical Spectacles by Bradley E. Schaefer

    Did Muhammad Observe the Canterbury 95 Meteoroid Swarm? by Imad A. Ahmad

    The Dawn Sky on Lailat-ul-qadr (The Night of Power) by Imad A. Ahmad

    The Historical Identity of a Mass Conjunction Inferred from the Madrid Codex by Robert L. Hall

    "As it Is Above, So Shall it Be Below": The Blueprint of Civilization by J. Saul

    At the Crossroads of Astronomy and Archaeology: An Appraisal of Baudez' Appraisal of Archaeoastronomy at Copan (and elsewhere) by Anthony F. Aveni, Michael Closs and Horst Hartung

    Book reviews


Volume XIV

  • Number 1, 1999

      Astronomy in Culture, by John Carlson, Dave Dearborn, Stephen McCluskey, and Clive Ruggles

      Archaeoastronomy and the History of Science by Michael J. Crowe and Matthew F. Dowd

      Maya Astronomy: What We Know and How We Know It by Barbara Tedlock

      Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture in Japan by Stephen L. Renshaw and Saori Ihara

      Astronomy in Historical Studies by Bradley E. Shaefer

      A Southeastern Native American Tradition: The Ofo Calendar and Related Skylore by Jerry King and Carol Ventura

      Pilgrimage and the Equinox "Serpent of Light and Shadow" Phenomenon at the Castillo, Chich&ecute;n Itzá, Yucatán by John B. Carlson

      BOOK REVIEWS:

        Stairways to the Stars, a review article of Stairways to the Stars: Skywatching in the Three Great Ancient Cultures by Anthony Aveni reviewed by Alane Alchorn
        To Change Place: Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes Edited by David Carrasco, Reviewed by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
        The Mahabharata in three videotapes Reviewed by J. Asha Sharma and Virendra N. Sharma


    Volume XV

      Astronomy and Cultural Diversity: Oxford VI and SEAC99 Proceedings, La Laguna, Canary Islands

      Introduction by John B. Carlson

      Foreward by Cesar Esteban and Juan Antonio Belmonte

      The Inconstant Moon: Lunar Astronomies in Different Cultures by Stephen C. McCluskey

      Recent Advances in Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy by Jesus Galindo Trejo

      Night Gallery: The Function, Origin, and Evolution of Constellations by E. C. Krupp

      Astronomy in Island Cultures by Cesar Esteban

      From the Atlas to the Caucacus: The Other Side of the Mediterranean Before Islam by Juan Antonio Belmonte

      Some Marks of Time by Arnold Le Beuf

      The Contributions of Ethnosciences to Archaeoastronomical Research by William Breen Murray

      New Methods and Techniques for Historical Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy by Bradley E. Shaefer

      Astronomy and Landscape by Johanna Broda

      The General and the Specific: Dealing with Cultural Diversity by Clive Ruggles


    Volume XVI:


    Volume XVII:


    Volume XVIII:

      Solstice Observations in Mangareva, French Polynesia: New Perspectives from Archaeology by Patrick V. Kirch

      The Study of Astronomies in Cultures as Reflected in Dissertations and Theses by Stephen C. McCluskey

      Reassessing Zapotec Astronomy by Anthony F. Aveni

      Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Conference Selections
      Introduction by Grant R. Aylesworth

      Astronomical Interpretations of Ancient Maya E-Group Architectural Complexes by Grant R. Aylesworth

      Glyphs D and E of the Lunar Series at Yaxchilan and Piedras Negras by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski

      The Classic Katun Cycle and the Retrograde Periods of Jupiter and Saturn by Susan Milbrath

      Astronomical Alignments in the Rio Bec Architecture by Ivan Sprajc

      International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference Selections
      Introduction by Keith Snedegar

      In Search of Mahutonga: A Possible Supernova Recorded in Maori Astronomical Traditions? by David A. Green and Wayne Orchiston

      The Bamboo Stick Calendar of the Muong People in Vietnam by Nguyen Mau Tung and Nguyen Thi Vuong


      Volume XIX, 2005

      Sacred Mountains, Ceremonial Sites, and Human Sacrifice Among the Incas
      Johan Reinhard and Constanza Ceruti
      Astronomical Observations from the Temple of the Sun
      Alonso Mendez, Edwin L. Barnhart, Christopher Powell, and Carol Karasik
      The Ambivalent Character of Xurawe: Venus-Related Ritual and Mythology Among West Mexican Indians
      Johannes Neurath

      Book Reviews

      In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization, Volume One: The Call of the Muezzin (Studies I-IX) by David A. King
      Reviewed by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
      Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy by David H. Kelly and Eugene F. Milone
      Reviewed by Thomas Hockey


      Volume XX, 2006

      Interpreting Solstitial Alignments in Late Neolithic Wessex
      Clive Ruggles
      Neolithic Cosmology and the Monument Complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire
      Jan Harding, Ben Johnson and Glyn Goodrick
      The Sun and the Moon as Marks of Time and Space Among the Mocovíes of the Argentinian Chaco
      Sixto Ramón Giménez Benítez, Alejandro Martín López and Anahi Granada
      Arrangement of Sacred Space in the Burial Area of the Bronze Age Dashti Kozy Cemetery (Central Asia)
      Tamila Potyomkina; Translated by Alla Lushnikova
      Which Equinox?
      Antonio César González-García and Juan Antonio Belmonte

      Book Reviews

      Celestial Divination—Ancient Astronomy and Celestial Divination, edited by N. M. Swerdlow
      Reviewed by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
      Unwritten Messages—Unwritten Messages from the Carpathian Basin, edited by Katalin Barlai and Ida Bonár-Kutzián
      Reviewed by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
      Astronomy and Empire—Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cultural Origins of Inca Sky Watching by Brian S. Bauer and David S.P. Dearborn
      Reviewed by Mariusz S. Ziolkowski


      Volume XXI, 2007-2008

      Journals under Threat: A Joint Response from History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Editors
      Placing Greek Temples: An Archaeoastronomical Study of the Orientation of Ancient Greek Religious Structures
      Efrosyni Boutsikas
      An Archaeoastronomical Survey of Major Inca Sites in Peru
      Michael J. Zawaski and J. McKim Malville
      An Overview of Australian Aboriginal Ethnoastronomy
      Philip A. Clarke
      Glyph G and the Yohualteuctin: Recovering the Mesoamerican Practice of Time Keeping and Nightly Astrology
      Gerardo Aldana
      The Margarita Structure Panels [at Copán] and the Maya Cosmogonic Couplet of Ancestral Emergence: Redux and Reemergence
      John B. Carlson

      Book Reviews

      A Review Essay of The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian, edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton
      Reviewed by Mark Hollabaugh
      Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth, by Clive Ruggles
      Reviews by Anthony F. Aveni and Bradley E. Schaefer
      Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Pre-history to Easter Island, by Giulio Magli
      Reviewed by Thomas Hockey
      Les Astres dans les Textes Religieux en Égypte Antique et dans les Hymnes Orphiques, by Amanda-Alice Maravelia
      Reviewed by Juan Antonio Belmonte
      Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History, by Denis Feeney
      Reviewed by John M. McMahon
      Trabajos de Arqueoastronomía: Ejemplos de África, América, Europa y Oceanía, edited by José Lull
      Reviewed by William Breen Murray
      Reachable Stars Reachable Stars: Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America, by George E. Lankford
      Reviewed by Von Del Chamberlain
      John "Jack" A. Eddy (1931–2009)
      Thomas Hockey


      Volume XXII, 2009

      A Bayesian Approach to the Orientations of Central Alentejo Megalithic Enclosures
      Fernando Pimenta, Luís Tirapicos, and Andrew Smith
      On the Orientation of Thracian Dolmens
      A. César González-García, Dimiter Z. Kolev, Juan A. Belmonte, Vesselina P. Koleva, and Lyubomir V. Tsonev
      The Astronomy at Godmanchester: A. Possible Neolithic Observatory
      David F. Lloyd
      Evidence of Astronomical Considerations in Lowland Maya Regional Settlement Patterns
      John J. Tomasic
      Australian Aboriginal Geomythology: Eyewitness Accounts of Cosmic Impacts?
      Duane W. Hamacher and Ray P. Norris
      The Determination of Islamic Fasting and Prayer Times of High-Latitude Locations: Historical Review and New Astronomical Solutions
      Karim Meziane and Nidhal Guessoum
      A Calendar Khipou of the Early Seventeenth Century and Its Relationships with Inca Astronomy
      Laura Laurencich-Minelli and Giulio Magli
      Caballilto Blanco Mound O, Oaxaca, Mexico: A New Plan
      Daniel Schávelzon

      Book Reviews

      A Review Essay of: The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012, by Anthony Aveni, and 2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya, by Mark Van Stone
      Reviewed by John W. Hoopes
      A Review of: The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era, by Alden A. Mosshammer
      Reviewed by Sacha Stern
      A Review of: Computer Graphics in Historical and Modern Sky Observations: Graphical Analysis, Visualisation, Modelling and Image Processing, by Georg Zotti
      Reviewed by Alun Salt


      Volume XXIII, 2010

      Cultural Astronomy of the Ancient and Historic Southwest: Selected Papers from the 2009 Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest
      Guest Editors: Todd W. Bostwick, Bryan C. Bates, and Kenneth J. Zoll
      Introduction to Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest
      Todd W. Bostwick, Bryan C. Bates, and Kenneth J. Zoll
      Traditional Astronomical Concepts: Linking Space, Time, and Culture
      Stephen C. McCluskey
      Sonsela Buttes: Where Stars Fell Down to Earth
      Von Del Chamberlain, Hugh Rogers, and Harry Walters
      Classic Object Lessons in Southwestern Archaeoastronomy
      Victor B. Fisher
      Star Trek: Recovery and Review of the First Alleged Supernova Rock Art
      E. C. Krupp, Evelyn Billo, and Robert Mark
      Reading, Writing, and Recording the Architecture: How Astronomical Cycles May Be Reflected in the Architectural Construction at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
      Gregory E. Munson, Larry V. Nordby, and Bryan C. Bates
      Cultural Identity, Continuity, and Astronomy in Chaco Canyon
      J. McKim Malville and Andrew M. Munro
      Using Photography to Test Hypotheses in Southwestern Archaeoastronomy
      John L. Ninnemann and J. McKim Malville
      Calendrical Stations in Chaco Canyon
      Andrew M. Munro and J. McKim Malville
      Major Lunar Standstill Moonrise Shadow Casting at Casa Rinconada
      Ron Sutcliffe
      Modeling and Analysis of the Chaco Canyon Sun Dagger Site
      Benjamin P. Luce
      Petroglyph Record of a Solar Eclipse?
      Paul Rodriguez
      Archaeoastronomical Survey of Adobe Canyon
      E. Ann Owen, Robert A. Dragon, and Steve Riley
      Prehistoric Astronomy of Central Arizona
      Kenneth J. Zoll
      Exploring the Frontiers of Hohokam Astronomy: Tracking Seasons and Orienting Ritual Space in the Sonoran Desert
      Todd W. Bostwick


      Volume XXIV, 2011

      The Maya Calendar and 2012 Phenomenon Studies
      John B. Carlson, Editor
      The Maya Calendar and 2012 Phenomenon Studies: An Introduction
      John B. Carlson
      The Maya Long Count Calendar: An Introduction
      Mark Van Stone
      It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us about 2012
      Mark Van Stone
      Primordial Time and Future Time: Maya Era Day Mythology in the Context of the Tortuguero 2012 Prophecy
      Carl D. Callaway
      The Sidereal Year and the Celestial Caiman: Measuring Deep Time in Maya Inscriptions
      Michael J. Grofe
      Maya Mythology: Only One Reference to 2012?
      Erik Boot
      Holding the Balance: The Role of a Warrior King in the Reciprocity between War and Lineage Abundance on Tortuguero Monument 6
      Barbara MacLeod
      Anticipating the Maya Apocalypse: What Might the Ancient Day-Keepers Have Envisioned for December 21, 2012?
      John B. Carlson
      New Age Sympathies and Scholarly Complicities: The History and Promotion of 2012 Mythology
      John W. Hoopes
      2,012 by 2012? The "Impending Apparent End" of the "2012" Publishing Phenomenon
      Kevin A. Whitesides


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